Mike Packwood

  Triumph Tiger T90 This is the Tiger on the day it was removed from its garage home where it had sat since 1980. It went to a dealer for a month or so before coming to me in the Autumn of 2022. Welcome to the Repair shed our latest recruit, a 1965 Triumph Tiger 90 350. Back before dad met mum he used to ride bikes. His last bike before moving onto cars was one of these, a Triumph Tiger 90. So when it came to selling the scooter and choosing my first classic bike there was only ever going to be one candidate. I spent ages looking for one and then out of the blue this appeared only 10 miles away. So as soon as we got there to have a look I knew I was going to buy it. The fact that it started and sounded like a Spitfire ticking over only helped to seal the deal. The very nice chap delivered it in a van a week later and here it is. What do we know about this bike then? Well it's local to Cardiff as far as I can tell - so will have come from Bevans when they were situate...